Source: Fantastic Fest Austin, TX – Friday, September 30, 2016 – Fantastic Fest is pleased to announce this year’s Fantastic Fest Award winners. It has been an outstanding year for features & shorts, making the job of honoring a select crop all the more difficult, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016: THE FANTASTIC FEST AWARDS
Author: Mark Saldana
Review: QUEEN OF KATWE
By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Slowly but surely, changes are being made to create and produce more films that tell the real life stories of success from unexpected places around the world. Biopic films may not appeal to all fans of cinema, but some are especially engaging when the script is good and the performance… Continue reading Review: QUEEN OF KATWE
Fantastic Fest 2016: END REPORT
By Mark Saldana Photos by Mark Saldana After eight days of film screenings, special events, parties and other fun and games, the 2016 Fantastic Fest has come to end. This end-of-the fest piece is always bittersweet for me. After spending a week at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar getting reacquainted with old friends and getting… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016: END REPORT
Fantastic Fest 2016 Review: MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) The young adult novel which inspires Tim Burton’s newest movie seems tailor-made for Burton’s creative and imaginative mind and his artistic sensibilities for creating a visually vibrant cinematic experience. The material also has the right amount of abberance for Fantastic Fest audiences. I have not read… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016 Review: MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
Screening Pass Giveaway: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
Source: Universal Pictures TVR is giving readers a chance to win a complimentary pass to see a special advance screening on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m. For a chance to win a pass (admit 2), e-mail Trueviewreviews2@gmail.com and in the Subject line of your e-mail, please note “The Girl on the Train in Austin”. A limited number… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
Movie Teaser Trailer: FENCES
Source: Paramount Pictures FENCES is directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, adapted from Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play. The film stars Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sydney. The film is produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black and Scott Rudin.
Movie Teaser Trailer: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
New teaser for Mike Mills’ 20TH CENTURY WOMEN rewinds to a pivotal moment in history The first look at Annette Bening starrer 20TH CENTURY WOMEN shows three generations making their way through a cultural moment brimming with change and rebellion Source: A24 With 20th Century Women, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills (the Academy Award®-winning Beginners) brings us a multilayered, funny,… Continue reading Movie Teaser Trailer: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
Fantastic Fest 2016: OVER THE HUMP REPORT
By Mark Saldana Photos by Mark Saldana As Monday comes to an end and Tuesday begins, some Fantastic Festers might be feeling the lack of sleep right about now. I know I am feeling slightly fatigued, but with so much to do and so little time to do it, it is rather difficult not to… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016: OVER THE HUMP REPORT
Review: STORKS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) The new movie by the Warner Animation Group (The Lego Movie) delivers laughs, but also might have a tendency to grate on one’s nerves with some of its over-the-top cartoonishness and some jokes that are just plain duds. Judging from the reactions of the audience at… Continue reading Review: STORKS
Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016)
By Liz Lopez Rating: B- The Magnificent Seven is anything but original, as the first feature made by the same name was in 1960, and is a Western enjoyed to this day by the elders who are familiar with that version of it. Even that feature is a remake of 1950s Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. The… Continue reading Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016)